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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did emigrants do once they realize that they were trapped?
(a) They began to make dwellings.
(b) They hunted for food.
(c) They turned around.
(d) They cried.

2. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?
(a) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading south along the Santa Fe Trail.
(b) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to Oregon.
(c) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading east to New York.
(d) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to California.

3. What did the first group find that pioneers had left the winter before?
(a) Food
(b) A cabin
(c) Maps
(d) Weapons

4. What did the travelers do before they headed across the desert?
(a) They made hats to protect themselves from sand and sun.
(b) They wrote letters to send back to their relatives.
(c) They prayed.
(d) They rested for a few days in the beautiful valley.

5. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?
(a) It was marked by Hastings.
(b) It was beautiful every step of the way.
(c) It was a clear path.
(d) It was barely discernible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to George Donner's hand?

2. What reputation did the 40 mile desert have?

3. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?

4. How did the Murphy clan and the Reeds and Donners get along?

5. What did the families do in the evening?

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